Home advantage could prove decisive in King's Lynn Town - Chester battle

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Competition: England Vanarama National League North
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Walks (5733 seats)

A total of 27 rounds of games have gone by and both King's Lynn Town and Chester are doing great. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • King's Lynn Town have the the best goal difference (+24) in Vanarama National League North
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts King's Lynn Town saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Vanarama National League North. That game was an away game at Spennymoor Town, so at least King's are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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King's Lynn Town form and stats

Home games in the Vanarama National League North have been a walk in the park for King's Lynn Town so far, with 34 points won from 12 matches; 11 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. After failing to beat Leamington here at The Walks, King's Lynn Town has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with nine wins in a row.

The King's Lynn Town coach Widdrington and his side return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Spennymoor Town (placed 11th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Buxton.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how King's have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for King's Lynn Town, as the Vanarama National League North home game vs AFC Telford United is only three days away.

King's Lynn Town can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 27 times. From these home matches, King's have conceded only 9 goals.

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Chester form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Vanarama National League North travels is 6 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat. Chester are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.

Chester might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Spennymoor Town proved too strong as Chester slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Lookers Vauxhall Stadium. That defeat stopped this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; 17 games in all!

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Alfreton Town.

We have checked recent matches where Chester have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

The travelling fans enjoy Chester's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Chester in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Chester - King's Lynn Town 3-3, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): King's Lynn Town zero wins, two draws and Chester one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterK. Willoughby
K. Willoughby
14 goals
King'sG. Omotayo Agbomoagan
G. Omotayo Agbomoagan
8 goals
King's Lynn TownT. Widdrington
T. Widdrington
6 goals

King's Lynn Town missing players

Chester missing players

King's Lynn Town Chester
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 12 4 Played P 5 14 29
16 11 4 Won W 2 6 11
7 1 0 Drew D 3 7 13
4 0 0 Lost L 0 1 5
50 27 10 Scored S 9 25 44
26 9 1 Conceded C 5 15 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
85% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 72%
59% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 57% 41%
22% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 43% 31%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
56% 67% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 55%
33% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 36% 34%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 17%
 
4.6 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.9 5
4 5.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4.6
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.4
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.7 13.6 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.6 8.9
5.3 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.1
35% 42% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 41% 37%
 
8.2 7.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.6 9.1 7.1
3.3 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.6 2.9
Key stats in Vanarama National League North this season:
  • All of King's Lynn Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chester have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • King's Lynn Town have not yet lost a game at home.
  • King's Lynn Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • King's Lynn Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • King's Lynn Town have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • King's Lynn Town have the most points (34) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • King's Lynn Town have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Vanarama National League North
  • King's Lynn Town have the the best goal difference (+24) in Vanarama National League North
  • King's Lynn Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 King's Lynn Town 27 16 7 4 50 26 12 11 1 0 27 9 15 5 6 4 23 17 24 55
2 Fylde 26 17 4 5 45 25 14 10 2 2 29 12 12 7 2 3 16 13 20 55
3 Darlington 29 16 6 7 56 38 16 8 4 4 28 22 13 8 2 3 28 16 18 54
4 Brackley Town 28 14 9 5 35 21 14 10 3 1 24 8 14 4 6 4 11 13 14 51
5 Scarborough Athletic 30 14 8 8 52 46 15 7 5 3 31 25 15 7 3 5 21 21 6 50
6 Chester 29 11 13 5 44 29 15 5 6 4 19 14 14 6 7 1 25 15 15 46
7 Chorley 30 12 10 8 40 28 15 7 6 2 21 10 15 5 4 6 19 18 12 46
8 Kidderminster Harriers 30 12 7 11 31 31 15 4 4 7 14 16 15 8 3 4 17 15 0 43
9 Gloucester City 30 12 6 12 47 49 16 8 2 6 33 25 14 4 4 6 14 24 -2 42
10 Alfreton Town 28 10 11 7 37 28 15 7 5 3 24 13 13 3 6 4 13 15 9 41
11 Spennymoor Town 29 10 11 8 41 41 14 6 5 3 18 15 15 4 6 5 23 26 0 41
12 Southport 30 11 8 11 39 39 13 6 4 3 20 16 17 5 4 8 19 23 0 41
13 Banbury United 27 11 6 10 38 37 12 6 3 3 18 12 15 5 3 7 20 25 1 39
14 Peterborough Sports 28 11 6 11 37 36 15 7 5 3 24 16 13 4 1 8 13 20 1 39
15 Hereford 30 11 5 14 36 35 14 6 3 5 21 15 16 5 2 9 15 20 1 38
16 Curzon Ashton 28 9 7 12 32 34 14 5 3 6 18 17 14 4 4 6 14 17 -2 34
17 Buxton 29 8 8 13 29 38 16 4 6 6 16 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -9 32
18 Kettering Town 28 8 8 12 29 43 12 6 3 3 16 13 16 2 5 9 13 30 -14 32
19 Bradford Park Avenue 30 7 9 14 29 43 14 5 3 6 13 15 16 2 6 8 16 28 -14 30
20 Leamington 27 5 14 8 21 26 15 5 5 5 14 14 12 0 9 3 7 12 -5 29
21 Farsley Celtic 28 7 7 14 32 50 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 2 3 9 14 30 -18 28
22 Boston United 29 7 6 16 41 52 15 5 3 7 25 26 14 2 3 9 16 26 -11 27
23 Blyth Spartans 30 6 8 16 30 49 15 3 6 6 16 19 15 3 2 10 14 30 -19 26
24 AFC Telford United 30 3 10 17 22 49 15 2 6 7 12 22 15 1 4 10 10 27 -27 19

Read more about Vanarama National League North

The National League North, formerly known as Conference North, is the sixth highest division in English football. It contains teams located in Northern England, Norfolk, the English Midlands and North Wales. The league table has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home and away).